Ormsby trails by three in European Masters

Australian Wade Ormsby has shot a four-under 66 to put himself three strokes behind leaders Matthias Schwab and Mike Lorenzo-Vera after the first round of the European Masters.

Ormsby carded five birdies and one bogey on the Severiano Ballesteros course in the Swiss Alps on Thursday.

Meanwhile Australians Jason Scrivener and Sam Brazel were both just one shot back from Ormsby.

Schwab, a 24-year-old Austrian, had a bogey-free 63 in the morning and was joined in the afternoon by Lorenzo-Vera. The 100th-ranked Frenchman had been one-over after six holes.

Lorenzo-Vera, who had recently got married and moved house, credited his psychologist for clearing his head.

"I'm very happy because I just had five weeks off," Lorenzo-Vera said.

"It was a stressful five weeks with a wedding and moving plus two kids. I managed to bring the head together pretty well today.

"The best thing to do is to have a very, very good psychologist that you call often. I'm not kidding, that's really what I do. Try to clean the head as much as possible outside the tournaments, and come here fresh and ready to play golf."